There always seems to be a fair amount of confusion around the Mormon religion and church. Individuals often ask if they are considered as Protestants or Catholics or just what category do they come into. They come into neither one although however their founder Joseph Smith did have a Protestant background. The Mormons do not come into a category because they don't fit the criteria of the Christianity doctrine. Although they are not Protestant they are definitely not Catholics either as their doctrine a strays even further from the Catholic doctrine.

You may not be aware that you have had Mormons to your door. Quite often they are mistaken as Jehovah witnesses. Usually you will find that the Mormons coming to you door will most likely be the men and they are always well-dressed but conservative. Most often you will hear them refer to the other as elder John or whatever their name is. This does not refer to their age but it refers to their priesthood. This is something that they should all receive at the age of 18. There are two priesthoods and the lesser of the two would be more equal to what Christians would call a deacon.

It is interesting to note that the Mormons always purport the ideal family life. It has been discovered though that they have higher rates of suicide, divorce and other types of domestic problems. Mormons do believe in polygamy but very few of them really practiced it.

One would have to say that Mormonism is basically what would be called an American religion because of its roots. The Mormons based their theory on that basically the original church was established amongst the American Indians but petered out. That can be equated much the same as the roots of the beliefs of the Anglican Church of England. Of course it's known that polygamy is illegal and the Mormons belief has complied with this law. What was once considered good by the Mormon it is of the more modern belief which has concluded that polygamy is really not acceptable.

They are strong believers in revelations in respect to God simply revealing his will. It should be remembered that if one wants to do a comparison that in the Catholic religion it is believed that revelations died when the last apostle did. That God no longer reveals himself through revelations. The Mormons believe in purity and look sternly upon things such as alcohol tobacco and tea.

They are diversified in their belief as far as their stance on Jesus and again this comes down to the controversy of whether alcohol in moderation is something that is permissible. According to the Mormons it is specifically a taboo beverage.

Another interesting factor is that they believe in several habits and that each of these habits have their own level and are there for specific groups in accordance to the way that they lived their lives.